DON'T Buy The Google Pixel Buds

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Published 2018-02-07
The Google Pixel Buds are a cool concept but the execution feels a little underwhelming. For me, the fit isn't ideal and the lack of a fully wireless design puts them a step behind other options. The translation potential is HUGE but at the moment functionality is almost identical to the Google translate app on it's own. Hopefully generation 2 addresses some of these shortcomings to help justify the price tag. At this point I wouldn't recommend buying the Google Pixel Buds.
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All Comments (21)
  • @Daver2212
    So this was a review for Google Translate, not the Pixel Buds.
  • Why does this dude facepalm literally in every thumbnail even if it's a positive video? 💀
  • @EffoVexx
    People: I wish they were wireless Also people: I’m so tired of loosing them bring back the wires! Me: Can you guys stop complaining? Either you have the wires or it’s wireless and you lose them. MAKE UP YOUR MIND
  • @frustywitanegg
    "the sound quality is better than AirPods" "the google translate is horrible" "don't buy the google buds" hm
  • @stevenhammerle
    I actually like having a wire between both ear buds. So you dont lose them as easily
  • @jeponds1-925
    Lmao when he said : "hey Google, what can you do?" my google home responded
  • @caspar1999311
    How can you write "DON´T Buy The Google Pixel Buds" when in the video you then say that they actually sound better than the airpods. I mean the Pixel Buds are earphones! Sound quality is literally the most important thing about them. Oh and totally wireless is soooo impractical! When you use earphones like the Pixel Buds and have to talk to someone or something like that (or cross the street etc.) you can just remove one or both of them and let them hang around your neck with the totally wireless option you then have one or two earphones in your hand with no where to put them. Also when using the translation feature you are only testing google translate not the earphones so really there is no point in evaluating the earphones based on this feature.
  • @prithvirajb1953
    Am I the only one who's like, I don't want noise cancellation for my casual earphones and also want to hear what's going on around me
  • @Jamie-lx7dj
    GUYS DONT BY THESE HEADPHONES AT ALL COST Why? Cuz google translate doesnt work
  • @adamlamar101
    I'm loving mine! 1. Only wireless but that stays in my right ear while eating. 3. I like the cable. Anyone who has had to dive under airline seats to find a truly wireless bud that fell out while asleep during a flight can appreciate this.. 4. They sound great to me
  • @CartyCreative
    I dont see how they aren't competitive with Airpods, and this is coming from someone with Airpods and an iPhone etc. -Them not being noise canceling isn't a 'flaw' its a choice. I have Jaybird Bluebuds which are great but when I need to hear the outside world like at work, I bought Airpods for that reason. If you are supposed to speak to them for assistant, or have a conversation with Google Translate, then you don't want noise cancellation. For those reasons, and the fact that the Airpods are also not noise canceling, I don't think thats a good reason. -Listing the cable connecting them as a 'flaw' is another choice by them. Tons of people prefer that over completely wireless, cause they think you won't lose one. I dont mind either way, like I said, I have one of each. But thats not a flaw its a choice. -They are both wireless, both not noise canceling, both have a charging case with the same battery, both have good UI for connecting to their respective phones, both talk to their voice assistant, Google can do translate. I really don't see how they are not the same, and perfectly recommendable. The biggest 'flaw' I saw here was with Google Translate, and thats about the translate app not the earbuds. And Google Translate is fantastic. It has tons of languages as you said, but you have to realize what you're saying and how you'd actually use it. If you need to navigate and get by in another country, the vocabulary you'd use would work perfectly well. If you start dropping expressions, colloquialisms, complex sentences that you can guess won't directly translate, then yeah it starts to falter, but thats not how it will usually be used, it still gets the point across most of the time, and it doesn't REALLY have to do with the earbuds, other than its a selling point, but probably not the main one, and definitely not the most used feature. Love your videos, just disagree with this one.
  • The translate thing isn't the pixel buds fault it's Google's bad translation software. It uses individual words not the phrase so it translates weird.
  • @CKTDanny
    I really wish they were more elegant, I was really rooting for Google last year.
  • @UnPhayzable
    Listening to Lou speak Chinese was more satisfying than looking at the Pixel Buds
  • @polla2256
    Really like the Assistant interface idea I'll definitely consider a pair. As for the translation, yes it might fall down but it's coming on leaps and bounds plus the more it's used the more it learns! I'm impressed dependant upon sound quality.